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Key Features:
Mob violence, Social commentary, Political persecution, False accusation, Activism, Religious fanaticism, Historical drama, Mexico, Violence-high
Tone:
serious, dramatic, restrained
Target Audience:
Social issue drama, Historical drama, Political thriller
Emotional Arc:
Innocence → Terror

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

1976-03-04
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A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.

Genres
History, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast
Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Enrique Lucero, Arturo Alegro, Roberto Sosa Sr., Carlos Chávez, Gerardo Vigil, Jaime Garza, Sergio Calderón, Gerardo del Castillo
Crew
Felipe Cazals, Tomás Pérez Turrent
Rating
7.8(82 votes)
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Sin Nombre
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BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

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The Heroes of Evil
6.3

Three teenagers, brought together from bullying, indulge in petty theft, sex and drugs. They inevitably realize they can resort to violence to take revenge on everyone who has humiliated them: students, teachers and other outcasts. One of them escalates to killing, and desires to kill again. Anyone can become his next victim. The other two face the question: should they resort to violence to stop the killings?



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After an older lady hangs herself in a church, a new psychiatrist discovers she was obsessed with the disappearance of his eight-year-old son, who vanished three years earlier. Meanwhile, three city dwellers are restoring a house when they realize it is haunted.



On the 3rd Day
5.5

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6.9

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